Death, dying, and bereavement in a changing world

by Kemp, Alan R.

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Title Statements

Full title :Death, dying, and bereavement in a changing world / Alan R. Kemp.

Edition Statements

Publication Date:©2019
Edition:Second editon

Publication Statements

Publisher(s):Routledge Taylor & Francis Group
Place of Publication:New York
Language:eng
Publication Date:©2019

The Physical Object

Description:xv, 473 pages : : illustrations ; : 24 cm

Edition Identifiers

ISBN:9781138301511, 1138301515, 9781138301528, 1138301523
oclc:on1045640529
LC Classification:HQ1073
Dewey Decimal:306.9

Part 1. Introduction and context. Lifting the pall : the quest to uncover wisdom about life through the study of death ; Death & dying in a rapidly changing world ; For everything there is a season: the developmental context ; Coureurs de bois. Cross-cultural & interfaith dimensions -- Part 2. Death. The grim reaper through time : Historical & cross-cultural look at undertaking ; The grim reaper today: emerging trends in contemporary "death care" ; Traumatic death -- Part 3. Dying. In the valley of the shadow ; Intensive caring : Hospice & palliative care -- Part 4. Bereavement, grief, & mourning. Life after loss : Bereavement, grief, & mourning ; When grief goes awry: complicated grief -- Part 5. Legal and ethical borderlands. Physician assisted death ; Withdrawing life support & organ transplantation -- Part 6. Into the future. Life after life ; The road ahead.